tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post6125245516859383322..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Three-year-old theology (again): God, hats, and monstersBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-34268137599127558132010-12-03T01:22:42.480-05:002010-12-03T01:22:42.480-05:00My apologies to tortoise for any offence. I'm...My apologies to tortoise for any offence. I'm sure Dr. Seuss would approve of your efforts.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815263209123614682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-38210041216581053932010-12-02T02:55:28.098-05:002010-12-02T02:55:28.098-05:00Some people have too much time on their hands, Tor...Some people have too much time on their hands, Tortoise; thank God!Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641805384260706563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-42962344592695575982010-12-01T22:59:17.832-05:002010-12-01T22:59:17.832-05:00@ Tortoise. Brilliant!@ Tortoise. Brilliant!roger flyerhttp://www.rogerflyer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-16838571300905530962010-12-01T20:15:36.836-05:002010-12-01T20:15:36.836-05:00Tortoise, that is absolutely sublime — will it be ...Tortoise, that is absolutely sublime — will it be too sentimental if I admit that it brought tears to my eyes? I also read your poem to Jamie, who was very pleased, although he made one stern correction: <br /><br />—"No, I was wearing two hats."<br />—"<i>Two</i> hats? How did you fit them both on your head?"<br />—"I don't know."Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-582847217620950202010-12-01T19:39:51.856-05:002010-12-01T19:39:51.856-05:00For Master Myers:
"On the far-away Island of ...For Master Myers:<br />"On the far-away Island of Sala-ma-Sond,<br />Yertle the Turtle was king of the pond.<br />A nice little pond. It was clean. It was neat.<br />The water was warm. There was plenty to eat.<br />The turtles had everthing turtles might need.<br />And they were all happy. Quite happy indeed.<br />They were...until Yertle, the king of them all,<br />Decided the kingdom he ruled was too small.<br />"I'm ruler", said Yertle, "of all that I see.<br />But I don't see enough. That's the trouble with me.<br />With this stone for a throne, I look down on my pond.<br />But I cannot look down on the places beyond.<br />This throne that I sit on is too, too low down.<br />It ought to be higher!" he said with a frown.<br />"If I could sit high, how much greater I'd be!<br />What a king! I'd be ruler of all I could see!"<br /><br />From "Yertle the Turtle" by Dr. Seuss.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815263209123614682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-54684073971749075262010-12-01T16:45:37.814-05:002010-12-01T16:45:37.814-05:00tortoise Seuss.tortoise Seuss.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815263209123614682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-17731020197927705462010-12-01T12:46:13.607-05:002010-12-01T12:46:13.607-05:00What I Saw One Nike Ago
(for Jamie and his dad Ben...What I Saw One Nike Ago<br />(for Jamie and his dad Ben, with apologies to Dr Seuss)<br /><br />“While you put me into bed,”<br />Jamie to his daddy said,<br />“I will tell you, so you'll know<br />what I saw one nike ago.<br />Gods and Jamies, two of each,<br />and with head too high to reach,<br />great big monster, feet all wet<br />(standing on his hat, I'll bet).<br /><br />“Was I scared? Oh no, not me,<br />I was happy as can be.<br />God give me a hat that day,<br />make the monster fly away.<br />And if I put glasses on,<br />double-vision will be gone.<br />But without the glasses there,<br />Gods and Jamies, still two spare.<br /><br />“When you've tucked me in tonike,<br />leave the light on if you like:<br />I think that's the thing to do<br />so my monsters won't come true.<br />Double-God and double-me<br />would be very bad, you see,<br />so I'd like it much much more<br />if you didn't close the door.”<br /><br />Little Jamie, three years old,<br />tells a tale that must be told:<br />When God clothes us, monsters fly,<br />even when they're storeys high.<br />But the worst that I can see:<br />two of God and two of me.<br />Which is which, and who is who?<br />Is it me, or him, or you?<br /><br />Give me glasses, God, I pray:<br />make my vision clear as day.<br />May I know myself, and see<br />who it is you'd have me be.<br />May I always recognise<br />Christ, when he's before my eyes.<br />Shine your light, when I'm afar,<br />and leave heaven's door ajar.tortoisehttp://tortoiseofdissent.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-42989648214713697552010-12-01T12:03:20.213-05:002010-12-01T12:03:20.213-05:00Ben-Your hermeneutic is seen through the Father...Ben-Your hermeneutic is seen through the Father's eyes.roger flyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-67795616187559896392010-12-01T10:21:24.667-05:002010-12-01T10:21:24.667-05:00What a powerful dream! I'd like to have a pai...What a powerful dream! I'd like to have a pair of glasses and a hat like that.Karl Handhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300226652913169193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-31094743463583987252010-12-01T03:43:21.776-05:002010-12-01T03:43:21.776-05:00Sounds like an apocalypse: the BIG monster standin...Sounds like an apocalypse: the BIG monster standing in the water with a hat underneath him = the beast coming out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads (Rev 13:1). I always thought John's vision could have done with a few references to panamas and fezzes.Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641805384260706563noreply@blogger.com